City of Newport v. Masengill Auction Co.

OPINION

SWINEY, J.

The basis of this appeal is a challenge to the jurisdiction of the Trial Court by Defendant/Appellant, Wyndham H. Gabhart, Esq. Defendant Gabhart asserts that the jurisdiction of the Cocke County Chancery Court over a suit filed by Plaintiffs City of Newport (hereinafter, “Newport”) and the Newport, Tennessee Regional Planning Commission (hereinafter, “Commission”) was absent because of a prior, related, suit filed by Gabhart in a United States District Court. Gabhart, after receiving communications from Plaintiffs regarding their position that Gabhart’s property was not in…